diff --git a/mkinitrd-boot.sh b/mkinitrd-boot.sh
index 4a18cde..24deb90 100644
--- a/mkinitrd-boot.sh
+++ b/mkinitrd-boot.sh
@@ -65,3 +65,6 @@ if [ "$rootfstype" = "nfs" ]; then
 else
 	dont_load_modules
 fi
+
+# Absolutely required for networking to function
+ip link set dev lo up
diff --git a/nfs-utils.changes b/nfs-utils.changes
index 4e28bcd..60aa2d7 100644
--- a/nfs-utils.changes
+++ b/nfs-utils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Mar 19 14:10:18 UTC 2011 - jengelh@medozas.de
+
+- Must up the loopback device, otherwise trying to contact the
+  portmapper (even if it does not actually run) will hang forever-
+  the TCP RST is crucial for mount.nfs
+
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 Wed Feb 16 23:55:22 UTC 2011 - nfbrown@novell.com